Crocodiles are a key part of estuarine and coastal ecosystems in the Asia Pacific tropics. While doing marine surveys in the northern Kimberley last week, I ended up following this ~2.7 m croc for quite a while. You can really see how they move through the water almost entirely using that powerful tail. And yes, the size estimate isn’t a guess. We’ve published a paper on how to estimate crocodile length from drone imagery, and this one fits the method nicely: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/3/1
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LONG NECKS. Waterways in urban and suburban Perth are home to a healthy population of South-west Long-necked Turtles (Chelodina oblonga). We see them regularly in our visits to wetlands and creeks. The necks of members of this genus are as along as or even longer than their shells. These ambush predators eat anything small enough to seize and swallow. They use the long neck to strike in snake-like manner and gape the mouth to suck in the prey. These two love birds swam pass me with zero concern.
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